The Outtakes

While at the farm with Nana and Papa, we attempted to get a picture of Tater and Ayla together.  

I'm going to post the good pic, but I just had to share the outtakes. 

Here are the pics before dinner.  As you can see, Ayla had just woken up and was upset that instead of eating supper, we were trying to get her to smile for a picture. 

And then the pictures when they both had full tummies. 

Santa Visit

We took Tater to a local store to visit Santa.  He likes people, so we were hopeful that we would get a good picture. 

He is, however, afraid of things in costumes.  

Should have known that a Santa visit wasn't going to be easy.  :)

Playing with all of the toys they had in their winter wonderland.
Monster truck

Train

Racetrack

Coloring a picture of a train.

Visiting the North Pole.

And our 2011 Santa Pic. 
Not exactly how we planned it, but thankful for have a family photo full of memories.

(Sorry about the poor quality.  Our scanner doesn't seem to be working, so this will have to do.)

Eye Appointment

Last Thursday, Tater had his first checkup with his new eye doctor here.  We were anxious to see what she would say, if her opinion would correspond with what his Florida doctor had told us. 

We met the new doctor and the visit went smoothly.  The only part that Tater didn't like was when he had to get the drops to dilate his eyes.  His prescription has stayed the same, which is awesome! 

He has what is called accommodative esotropia due to being farsighted.  Basically, one of his eyes will move in toward his nose when he doesn't have his glasses on because his eyes are trying to focus.  With his glasses on, he is able to see, allowing his eyes to stay straight.

The best news of the day:  Because his eyes have improved so much, we no longer have to patch him.  We've been patching for what feels like forever and it is a blessing to no longer have to deal with that.

He will still have to wear glasses and may have to his entire life, but there's a possibility that by the time he gets to high school, his eyes will have strengthened enough to not need them. 

Weekend Away

Because Dave had to work most of the weekend, Tater and I took a trip to the farm to spend a few days with Papa and Nana. 

As you can tell, Tater was pretty happy to be there. 

On Friday, we went to Allen and Angela's house to see them and play with Ayla, Tater's cousin.  I tried to get a cute picture of them together on my phone.  

 

This was the best that we could get. 

Tater enjoyed hanging out with Uncle Allen and watching him juggle. 

On Saturday, Great Grandma and Great Grandaddy came to visit. 

It's so special to watch him interacting with them.  :)
(The little rocker he's sitting was his Nana's chair when she was a little girl.)

The highlight of the trip for Tater: Playing trains with Nana and Papa. 

Most of his weekend was spent right here. 

We went to church with Nana and Papa on Sunday before heading home.  Uncle Bobby let Tater play on his drums.  Tater was in heaven!  He's still talking about it today. 


Can you guess who slept the entire way home?